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The Rockets can talk all they want at this point...they know we won't match up again for the rest of this season.
As for the Harden discussion...obviously he's a great player. He can make a shot from anywhere on the court, can handle the ball, has great court vision.
But his "skill" of drawing fouls has extended beyond a "skill" and is dangerously approaching exploitation of the game. He does a good job of cradling the ball with outstretched arms on his drives to the basket which causes defenders going for the strip to rake his arms. That's a nice touch that can be considered skill.
But what he does 7, 8, 9, 10 times during the game where he drives into the paint with the sole intent of flailing his arms wildly to get the referees' attention? Mostly in a situation where he is neither truly getting fouled nor looking to actually take/make a shot? No, that is not skill. That is ammunition for the hoards of anti-NBA sports fans out there that bash this league. Harden embarrasses me as a fan and defender of the NBA.
As for the Harden discussion...obviously he's a great player. He can make a shot from anywhere on the court, can handle the ball, has great court vision.
But his "skill" of drawing fouls has extended beyond a "skill" and is dangerously approaching exploitation of the game. He does a good job of cradling the ball with outstretched arms on his drives to the basket which causes defenders going for the strip to rake his arms. That's a nice touch that can be considered skill.
But what he does 7, 8, 9, 10 times during the game where he drives into the paint with the sole intent of flailing his arms wildly to get the referees' attention? Mostly in a situation where he is neither truly getting fouled nor looking to actually take/make a shot? No, that is not skill. That is ammunition for the hoards of anti-NBA sports fans out there that bash this league. Harden embarrasses me as a fan and defender of the NBA.